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<p>‘<strong>Journal of Disability Studies</strong>’ is an International, multidisciplinary, peer reviewed / refereed open access journal. The areas covered by Journal include all type of disabilities and a wide range of advanced fields such as:</p><p>Psychosocial Prospective of Disability, Disability Assessment, Disability Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation, Disability in Academia, Disability Research, Disability and Social Stigma or Exclusion/Discrimination, Disability in the context of Development, Disability and Gender, Disability Legislation and all other allied studies related to disability.</p>en-USJournal of Disability Studies2454-6623The published articles are with Creative Commons licence 4, with free distribution and indexing provided the source is properly cited.

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<span lang="EN-IN">P</span><span lang="EN-IN">agination </span><span lang="EN-IN">e</span><span lang="EN-IN">rror in previous issues it has to be a </span><span lang="EN-IN">corrected for citation and all other purposes as mentioned </span>Soma Sahu
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2020-01-122020-01-1252Book review: Learning Disability Theory to Practicehttp://www.pubs.iscience.in/journal/index.php/jds/article/view/493
<p class="08MainText">‘Learning Disability Theory to Practice’ a good brief compilation which was much required. It provides readers with a clear picture of the current status of learning disabilities definitions and recommends that a consensus. This book includes fourteen chapters from introduction to future directions.</p>Kamllesh Kumar SahuSoma Sahu
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2019-12-282019-12-285223Accessibility Situation of Persons with Disabilities in South-Eastern Coast of Bangladesh in Relation to Climate Change and Disaster Managementhttp://www.pubs.iscience.in/journal/index.php/jds/article/view/938
<p class="05Abstracttext">The research attempts to explore the accessibility and contemporary situation of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) in the eastern coastal belt of Bangladesh in relation to climate change and disaster management. The study was conducted with a household survey of 206 PWDs from the Southern Coast of Bangladesh. Inaccessible conditions were existing at home and homestead areas of PWDs in the whole study area. The overall findings of the report identify a lot of big gaps or undesired conditions about the accessibility of disabling peoples in the study area. At this point of views, the researchers suggested for Enumeration of Disabling Peoples, Establishment of Rights &amp; Protection of Persons with Disabilities Act 2013, Setup ‘Accessible Spot Point’ in rural area, Strengthening of warning system Establishment of ‘Building Code’, PWDs friendly shelter centre and Strengthening of Organization of Persons with Disabilities (DPOs) for effective disaster management strategy development to PWDS in Bangladesh.</p>Prabal BaruaMorshed Hossan Molla
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2019-12-232019-12-23524146Problems Faced by Parents in Care of Children with Congenital Clubfoothttp://www.pubs.iscience.in/journal/index.php/jds/article/view/970
<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study aims to identify physical, psychological, social and financial problems faced by parents in care of children with congenital clubfoot.</p><p><strong>Methods:</strong> A cross-sectional study among 52 parents of congenital clubfoot child was commenced purposively who attended Hospital and Rehabilitation Center for Disabled Children (HRDC) outpatient department for treatment. The self-constructed tool with 22 item 5-point Likert scale questionnaire was used for interview. Confidentiality and privacy of the participants was maintained. The internal consistency of the tool after pretesting was as high as 0.887. Descriptive statistics i.e. frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation was used for data analysis. </p><p><strong>Results:</strong> The study revealed that most of the clubfoot children had bilateral clubfoot (55.8%). Parents (57.7%) had “quite a bit” problem with cutting down work time, (61.5%) “very much” worried about their child’s future, (19.2%) “a little” problems with interaction with other people and (48.1%) had “quite a bit” decreasing source of income. </p><p><strong>Conclusion</strong>: The parents got less time for work and had decrease in income. The parents faced fewer problems in financial aspect due to free hospital services and were also worried about their children’s future. An awareness and counseling program about free health services and health condition is recommended.</p>Bhaumika Sharma
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2019-12-212019-12-21523740Applying the Sense of Coherence Model to Understanding the Psychological Strength of People with Disabilities: A Systematic Literature Reviewhttp://www.pubs.iscience.in/journal/index.php/jds/article/view/875
People with disabilities are more likely to experience maladaptive or negative psychological outcomes such as depression, anger, isolation, etc. due to disability status or disability stigma. Individuals with disabilities who possess a high sense of coherence may show the ability to anticipate stressors, mobilize available resources, and eventually appropriately manage stressors A sense of coherence is a personal psychological assumption, belief, or perspectives that the world is perceived as orderly, manageable and meaningful. This literature review provides an overview of the literature of how individuals with disabilities use a sense of coherence to adapt to chronic illness and disability.Wonsun SeoVanessa M. Perry
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2019-12-162019-12-16525562Enabling disability in higher education. A literature Reviewhttp://www.pubs.iscience.in/journal/index.php/jds/article/view/964
<p>The participation of persons with disabilities to higher education institutions has started to be investigated more thoroughly in recent years, in various countries, particularly from the West. Studies and realities from the world are showing that the access and participation of students with disabilities as adult learners are increasing. The recent international documents like the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) of 2006 or the European Disability Strategy 2010-2020 adopted by the European have enhanced their right for the equal opportunities in all educational levels. The present paper presents a review of the legislation adopted by different countries to comply with the prerequisites of integration of students with disabilities in Higher Education as well as the variety of support provided by universities to students with disabilities.</p>Joanna Karellou
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2019-12-122019-12-12524754Burden and quality of life among caregivers of children with intellectual impairment: Across the genderhttp://www.pubs.iscience.in/journal/index.php/jds/article/view/955
<p class="05Abstracttext"><strong>Background:</strong> Several studies have found that parents of children with chronic disease or disabilities have higher stress scores than parents of normal children. Parents with children having intellectual disability experience more stress compared to their counterpart who have children with no intellectual disability. <strong>Objective</strong>: To assess the role of gender in the account of quality of life and family burden among the parents of children with intellectual impairment. <strong>Sample</strong>: Total a group of 240 participants (120 children with intellectual impairment and 120 equally divided parents of the children) was selected in the study. Design: A cross-sectional study design was used and the study was conducted at a daycare centre of a non-governmental registered organization, Muzaffarpur, Bihar. <strong>Tools:</strong> Seguin Form Board Test (for children), WHO Quality of Life (BREF) Scale and Family Burden Schedule (for parents of the children). <strong>Results and conclusion</strong>: In the results, it has been found that both parents either mother or father showed an equal level of quality of life and family burden. There is a non-significant difference was seen between parents of children with a low level of intellectual functioning.</p>Sushma RatheePradeep KumarAmrita Rani Singh
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2019-12-122019-12-12523336The scenario of Diversification of Disability and Health Care among older (60+) Population in Indiahttp://www.pubs.iscience.in/journal/index.php/jds/article/view/871
Disability among elderly is serious challenges for a country that affect the individual, family, and the society. The objective of this study is to understand disability prevalence by selected characteristics, access to the health facility and the care providers to older disabled people in India. The study used the data from Census of India 2011, and SAGE Wave-1 (2007) data of India. Standardized Index of Diversity of Disability (SIDD) was used to identify the diversification of disability in India. Among 103.84 million (8.0%) older population, 5.34 million (5.19%) were disabled. Standardized index of diversity of disability varies from 0.80 to 0.73, found highly diversified by all disability prevalence in all states of India. Thirty-eight percent older disabled perceived their health care facility last sought as good and 17.0% as a bad healthcare facility. Fifty-seven percent older disabled accessed health care from private hospitals. Spouses were found to be the primary providers of physical, financial, and health support to older disabled. In conclusion<strong>, </strong>India exhibits a high and diverse disability among its older population. There is a need for customized state/district/disability specific targeted intervention for the welfare of the older Indian population.Sunita PatelManas Ranjan PradhanSurendra Kumar Patel
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2019-12-022019-12-02522430Gender-based violence against persons with visual impairment and their coping strategies in Kumasi metropolis, Ghanahttp://www.pubs.iscience.in/journal/index.php/jds/article/view/868
<p class="05Abstracttext">Gender-based violence has profound effect on persons with disability; especially the visually impaired, as records showed that such victims barely report gender-based violence to the police. Persons with visual impairment who suffer from gender-based violence are at risk of sexual transmitted infection and psychological distress. The study was conducted to find out the type and perpetrators of gender-based violence experienced by visually impaired persons, the coping strategies adopted by visually impaired persons who experienced gender-based violence, the roles of police in handling gender-based violence against the visually impaired and effects of gender-based violence on persons with visual impairment. The study selected 15 visually impaired person respondents. Snowballing sampling was employed in the study. Interview guide was the main tool used to collect qualitative data from the respondents. Thematic approach was used to analyze the results. The study found that visually impaired persons experience physical, psychological and sexual violence in marital unions within the study area. It was concluded that most perpetrators of gender-based violence were mostly relatives and husbands of victims. It was concluded that gender-based violence has effects on visually impaired women and that visually impaired women who are battered were at greater risk for suicide attempts, injury, lack of love and trust in marriages and marital break down, genital injuries, unwanted pregnancy and abortion. It was however suggested that gender-based violence could be curbed if there were counselors and therapists to educate couple on its effects, implementation of laws and punishment for perpetrators of gender-based violence.</p>Francess Dufie AzumahSamuel KrampahJohn Onzaberigu NachinaabShirley Serwaa Asante
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2019-10-122019-10-12521623Inclusion of persons with disabilities in the climate change and disaster management related rules and policies of Bangladesh: An empirical studyhttp://www.pubs.iscience.in/journal/index.php/jds/article/view/867
<p class="05Abstracttext">The aim of the study is to investigate the inclusion of persons with disabilities (PwDs) in the climate change and disaster management related rules and policies in the coastal belt of Bangladesh. The perceptual or field data have been collected through field survey based on semi-structured questionnaire. A total 385 questionnaires were equally distributed among five study areas. The study reviewed that nearly fifteen (15) types of rules and policies have been identified among which eight (8) types of rules and policies are directly addressing the inclusion of PwDs in climate change and disaster management issues in Bangladesh. The study found that only 20 percent PwDs are included in disaster management committee in the national, district, metropolitan, municipal, upazila and union or ward levels. Although the maximum inclusion has been identified at the union level, the reason of execution is unaware of the rules of PwDs. In these circumstances, they do not get the security at shelter level and not priority during relief and rehabilitation in emergency period. While 60% of the PwDs believe that they have the ability to play roles or give an opinion in these committees. In order to, they argued that proper participation of PwDs at every planning process could ensure their dignity, security, priority and safer livelihood in coastal areas of Bangladesh.</p>Morshed Hossan MollaMohammad ShahjahanPrabal BaruaRokeya Samia
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2019-10-062019-10-06521115Barriers to social inclusion predict lower basic social need satisfaction among students with disabilitieshttp://www.pubs.iscience.in/journal/index.php/jds/article/view/865
<p class="05Abstracttext">Social exclusion elicits undesirable consequences, including psychological discomfort and thwarting of basic social needs. Exclusion can result from individuals ostracizing others for threatening the group by emitting indicators of disease or physically and psychologically non-normative traits, including disabilities. Given the stigmatization faced by individuals with disabilities, effects of exclusion could be especially pervasive, especially among university students. We sought to determine if university students with disabilities experience disability-related barriers to inclusion and how these barriers reduce basic needs satisfaction among disabled students. Individuals with (and without) qualifying disabilities completed questionnaires assessing barriers to social and academic success and basic needs satisfaction using a cross-sectional design that afforded the opportunity to compare responses from both categories and conduct a mediation analysis. Individuals with disabilities reported greater barriers and reduced needs satisfaction. Importantly, barriers mediated the link between disability status and needs satisfaction, particularly for barriers with less legal consideration and reflective needs. Disability status is a pervasive inhibitor for university students’ well-being. We frame results through evolutionary theory and offer suggestions to improve college experiences for individuals with disabilities.</p>Mitch BrownAmanda BlanchardDonald Sacco
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2019-10-032019-10-0352310Physical Growth among Differently Able and Normal Children – A Cross Sectional Studyhttp://www.pubs.iscience.in/journal/index.php/jds/article/view/811
<p class="05Abstracttext">Early identification of lag in physical growth would help in the planning of some interventions to address the nutritional needs of differently abled children. The present study carried out with the objectives: (1) To compare the physical growth of differently abled children with that of normal children. (2) To compare the physical growth of differently abled and normal children with WHO growth standard. A cross-sectional study comprised of 346 children from deaf-dumb, blind children school and selected school of Belagavi. Pretested questionnaires were used to collect necessary information like anthropometric measurement and socio-demographic variables. SPSS 20 and WHO Anthro version 3.2.2 was used for analysis. Informed consent from guardian and assent from children was obtained prior to collecting data. We observed that, the mean height of differently abled children was 141.2 ± 9.84 and that of normal children was 143.6 ± 6.52, mean weight of differently abled children was 32.3 ± 5.12 and that of normal children was 38.8 ± 4.40, mean BMI of differently abled children was 16.4 ± 1.72 and that of normal children was 18.7 ± 1.75. A significant difference in all anthropometric variables between differently abled children and normal children was observed except in Hip circumference. WHO ‘Z’ score system showed more variation in differently abled children than normal children. The study revealed that there is more growth lag in differently abled children than normal children.</p>Keywords: Physical growth, differently able, children, Anthropometric measurementsShivanand Basappa SavatagiPadmaja WalvekarMubashir Angolkar
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2019-02-152019-02-15523639Disability in Neoliberal Times: HIV Positive Immigrants’ Experiences of the Ontario Disability Support Programhttp://www.pubs.iscience.in/journal/index.php/jds/article/view/812
<p class="BodyA">In a neoliberal economy, the state’s new role implies a significant reduction of social services and changes to welfare programs. In this work, the experiences of HIV-positive Spanish speaking immigrants as recipients of the Ontario Disability Support Program are analyzed. Data used for this article are drawn from a larger study conducted by the author on migratory experiences, access to social services, and sexual behaviors of a sample of 30 Spanish speaking immigrants living with HIV in Toronto. Face to face in-depth interviews were conducted and analyzed qualitatively following an interpretive phenomenological approach. The results show that participants’ experiences are charged with contradictions: on the one hand, the ‘perverse incentives’ of the disability benefit system preclude their formal reincorporation to work. On the other, a limited income support constrains their everyday lives. These contradictions are framed in participants’ intersecting dimensions of identity, as HIV-positive immigrants living on disability support. It is possible to conclude that individuals’ experiences signal the success of neoliberal strategies to discipline the poor, deployed by a state whose new role under a neoliberal administration proclaims the importance of individual responsibility as a counterbalance to poverty and unemployment.</p>Angel Serrano
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2018-12-312018-12-31524047The Substance Related Disorder Assessment: A Road Map to Effective Treatment Planninghttp://www.pubs.iscience.in/journal/index.php/jds/article/view/850
<p>The examination of substance use assessments and the process in which they should be selected and administered is the focus of this book. The most important contributions of this book are its focus on essential knowledge and its attention to counselor characteristics as a key part of the assessment process. </p>Jane L Nichols
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2018-12-222018-12-22524849Employment Issues and Relevant Treatment Models for Persons with Schizophreniahttp://www.pubs.iscience.in/journal/index.php/jds/article/view/784
Employment is an important aspect of life that shapes a working-age adult’s identity and sense of belonging in society. Despite the passage of legislation to protect the right to work of people with disabilities, they continue experiencing high rates of unemployment and underemployment. The challenges faced by persons with psychiatric disabilities when seeking and maintaining employment may seem insurmountable, especially when they have to battle the stigma associated with mental illness and overcome stereotypical views held by employers. The purpose of this paper is to provide a systematic review of the employment issues encountered by persons with schizophrenia and to introduce vocational interventions that could improve employment outcomes. Treatment models, such as the theory of planned behavior and individual placement and support, are also be discussed.Michael A. Herold
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2018-08-062018-08-0652913The Accommodations in Early Years Model: Theoretical Framework and Methodologies for Adapting and Evaluating Developmental Assessmentshttp://www.pubs.iscience.in/journal/index.php/jds/article/view/794
<p>Over the years, there has been an increasing interest in adapting classroom and largescale assessments for school-aged children and adolescents. But despite the recent advances in the fields of educational measurement and special education, current accommodation research rarely involves preschool children. In this paper, we propose a theoretical model consisting of critical elements that involve a continuous and cyclical decision-making process aligned with developmentally appropriate practices addressing children and family needs. We also conducted<br />research on a variety of methodologies that can be employed to examine the accommodated data and evaluate developmental assessments for different study purposes of early childhood special education.</p>Pei-Ying LinYu-Cheng LinChia Jung Yeh
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2018-08-052018-08-05521421Stigmatizing Effects of Visible Versus Invisible Disabilitieshttp://www.pubs.iscience.in/journal/index.php/jds/article/view/779
<p>The concept of disability is complex and has been interpreted in a variety of ways. The degree to which a disorder is “disabling” depends on the interchange between the condition and other factors including the individual’s environment. Modern society’s emphasis on self-sufficiency and productivity contribute to the tendency to devalue those who are perceived as unable from these valued characteristics. Research suggests the visibility of a condition may lead to stigmatization, a concept generally associated with feelings of shame due to discontentment and devaluation of others. The authors present literature related to persons with visible and invisible disabilities, and the stigmatizing effects, while demonstrating the varying nature of stigma related to hiring practices and deliberate concealment, a phenomenon known well among persons with invisible disabilities. Additionally, the societal attitudes which lead to common barriers, negative experiences among persons with disabilities, and implications for practitioners are discussed.</p><p> </p>Noel YsasiAlicia BectonRoy Chen
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2018-08-052018-08-05522229Positive Approaches to Overcoming the Stigma of Disabilityhttp://www.pubs.iscience.in/journal/index.php/jds/article/view/778
<p class="05Abstracttext">People with disabilities often face prejudice and discrimination because of their physical and/or mental deviance from norms subjectively defined by society. The stigma associated with having a disability can have a negative impact on the quality of life among this population. The purpose of this paper is to discuss theory-based strategies and approaches that people with disabilities can adopt to overcome and mitigate the adverse effects of a stigmatizing disability. Specifically, the paper uses the hope theory and positive psychology theory as foundations to pave way for weaving spiritual well-being, resilience, and optimism into psychoeducation efforts to help people with disabilities reconstruct their schemas toward the self-acceptance of disability and the empowerment of their rights to advocate for full integration in society.</p><div><p class="06Keyword">Keywords: Positive psychology, resilience, stigma, disability</p></div>Noel A. YsasiRoy K. ChenMegan E. Jones
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2018-08-032018-08-035238Book Review: Career Development, Employment, and Disability in Employmenthttp://www.pubs.iscience.in/journal/index.php/jds/article/view/826
<p>This manuscript reviews the book <em>Career development, employment, and disability in rehabilitation: From theory to practice, </em>edited by David R. Strauser, Ph.D. This book provides a unique combination of career counseling theory and practice that is essential for counselor educators and rehabilitation professionals’ practice.</p><p><em>Keywords</em>: rehabilitation counseling, career counseling, employment</p><p align="center"> </p>Vanessa M. Perry
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2018-08-022018-08-02523233Book Review: Not So Abnormal Psychology: A Pragmatic View of Mental Illnesshttp://www.pubs.iscience.in/journal/index.php/jds/article/view/820
The current paper reviews the book <em>Not So Abnormal Psychology: A Pragmatic View of Mental Illness </em>by Ronald B. Miller. While the text's stated purpose is ambitious, it does fall short in what one would hope to glean from it. The author does provide detailed, deep information about the history of abnormal psychology, as well as comprehensive overviews of the primary categories of mental illness. These, however, are overshadowed by a number of personal opinions and gripes with the profession of psychology, which, in combination with tangled language and organization, make the book inaccessible and challenging to digest. The reviewer recommends use of parts of this text, however in its entirety, it would not be useful as a course textbook.Allison Levine
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